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the nays are 50. the senate being evenly divide dollars, the vice president votes in the affirmative. the bill, as amended is passed. >> laura: democrats have lost case after case at the supreme court. and they are slowly losing their ideological monopoly at colleges and university. they have lost america on the trans issue. and, of course, they are steadily losing ground among young men and hispanics. and the trend of losing extends to another area. patriotism. they are losing that, too. in the 180s, when i was a kid and a student, the nation overall was extremely patriotic. the reagan era was top gun all the way. but over the last 20 years, the percentage of americans who say they are extremely or very proud to be an american has been declining, been falling from 83 percent to 58%. but, when you look more closely, that slide is almost entirely due to the fact that democrats'

pride in the country is cratering. check out these numbers. republican patriotism only slipped by 1% two decades 93 to 92%. among democrats pride in the country dropped a staggering 45% from a robust 81% in 2005 to a pathetic 36% today. 36? what? harvard political review survey from earlier this year saw similarly sad results. only 41% of young americans said they were proud to be american. but among young democrats, only 24% expressed pride. and from last year's long running survey of high school seniors in the atlantic. only 27% of high school seniors agree that the u.s. system was the best in the world. that is a huge decline from 67% who thought that in the early 1980s. now, this crisis in patriotism

is real shouldn't be ignored. while both parties contribute dod it through terrible economic policies and unnecessary wars, the democrats really started it, really started digging in with obama. when they deliberately fed our young people a steady diet of anti-american propaganda. remember, they're only really happy with america when they get their way. they love the pandemic, remember, with millions of americans stuck at home, couldn't go to church a lot of them couldn't go to work. other than that, other than that america is a place for sins to atone for. >> let me tell you something, for the first time in my adult life i'm proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. >> there have been times where america showed arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive. >> the systemic racism is a stain on our nation's soul. >> the origins of racism cannot be separated from the origins of

capitalism. the origins of capitalism cannot be separated from the origins of racism. the life of racism cannot be separated from the life of capitalism and vice versa. on college campuses knows messages of are common. words of kendi it passes as enlightened history today. of course even attempting nuanced view of america. legacy media and most democrats they keep the lies going. they feed the beast of anti-americanism for votes. they don't just lie about america, but they lie about those who are trying to help america we have gone from having run-of-the-mill political disagreements anti-american and sometimes even violent reactions. if deranged people, disturbed people, especially young progressives, really in their heart of hearts believe that trump and maga will never allow another election to be held,

that trump will deport american citizens, he disagrees with, america is a racist country, then, look, this slide in patriotism is as predictable as what we have seen in our streets. more foreign flags waving and more american flags burning. [bleep] [shouting] [bleep] ice >> down with the u.s. imperialism. [bleep] >> death to america [bleep] no kkk no fascist u.s.a. >> did they ever ask if trump was a fascist you heard those chants, how is it that if it's a fascist country other parties feel free to vote against the signature legislation? people in his own party can vote against the signature legislation. if is he truly that dangerous as a president, then why were the no kings day protests even

allowed to take place? this is so ludicrous. but the anti-american themes are repeated everywhere. now, this is one of the dumbest headlines ever from the "new york times." trump's america is beginning to look more like china. the opinion piece claims that trump's return to office has made clear that an important respects democratic erosion, the fixation on strong borders, the curbing of free speech other numerous examples america is starting to look a bit more like china. honestly it's not worth responding to but now having a real border qualifies in these pee brains of being a dictatorship and deporting non-citizen terrorist sympathizers is communist? wherever liberals owe bine democratic erosion, we should all let out a collective howl, where was there concern about attacks on democracy when they tried to kick trump off the ticket or of course when they pushed out their own nominee?

the truth is democrats are the ones, democrats are the ones who have had a problem with democracy all along. they sure do have a problem with american exceptionalism. they don't believe it at times they even say the quiet part out loud. >> america great again, it was never that great. we have not reached greatness. we will reach greatness when every american is fully engaged. >> laura: that's a golden oldy. now, from aoc to now mamdani to far left politicians in l.a. and minneapolis and beyond they believe in their heart of hearts that america can only be redeemed when she is totally dismantled and remade with millions of new people from other countries with a total destruction of capitalism and

doing away with historical traditions that's why they ripped down all the statues. trump throughout swinging for the fences to bring economy and peace to war torn regions to keep americans safe. the other party has nothing to offer but this same type of bitterness, resentment, and slander toward our country. so when will democrats see that it's hurting them. don't they remember it will happen all their fury, all their bitterness cannot stop the president and his team from rebuilding and building a new era of peace and property parity look independence day is almost here be proud of our party together regardless of which party is in charge and that's the angle. >> mr. president, good news, the big, beautiful bill just passed. [applause] >> oh, wow.

thank you. i'm waiting and listening and they are music to my ears that's the moment president trump learned his big beautiful bill passed the senate after a marathon voting session no. time to relax. this still needs to get through the house. could be challenges there. and right now democrats are huddling, closed door meeting on what they call the one big ugly bill, how clever. speaker mike johnson trying to get the bill to the floor. mr. secretary, great to see you. tonight, a lot of republicans who are thrilled about the extension of the tax cuts but have some reservations about spending you have seen them your message to them tonight. >> laura, good to be with you. this is the singular of president trump's agenda. it's more than a tax bill.

it also includes border it. includes defense. it includes school choice i just had a meeting with. so house democrats, the freedom caucus. that group should be so proud of themselves. they have changed the center of gravity in the debate. we are going to start paying down debt. we are going to grow the economy they are big contributors to this. at the end of the day, they will be there for president trump and speaker johnson to move this bill to the desk for signing this friday. >> laura: now, i know the billing, mr. secretary, includes a lot of money from immigration enforcement. big priority of the president's. specifically at the border. will any of that money be used to speed up the deportations that, you know, they're impressive but 200 plus thousand is still a drop in the bucket when we have about 30 million people here illegally laura,

that's great question. it's important to get the bill on the president's desk, because we have been tight on funding khryssnee nome has done a fantastic job at dhs along with tom homan. they have apprehended thousands of criminals in terms of the overall deportation, it is important to get this funding and once we get the higher level of funding then we will be able to move onto the next level your favorite topic elon musk is he beyond furious about this legislation. said it's basically a betrayal of what he thought the administration stood for focused a lot on spending, deficits and so forth. he said he is going to fund the primarying of anyone who voted for this who claimed to be a republican fiscal restraint. your reaction to what musk has

been posting for the last few days about this? >> as i said earlier this morning. i think if elon sticks to rockets, i will stick to finance. and, you know, i am confident that this bill is going to pay down the debt and there were 50 senators who weren't threatened by his words. and vice president vance stepped in broke the tie in the senate. and now we are moving into the house and president trump has shown incredible leadership on this in conjunction with leader thune, speaker johnson. i think they are going to hold the majorities together and push this forward. >> laura: so you are not worried about musk's threat to primary people with all the money he has? i think everyone is with president trump and his

leadership going to move this forward more than anybody's checkbook. >> laura: mr. secretary, the fed chair made a very interesting and frankly stunning admission. >> the fed would have cut more if not for the tariffs. >> in fact, we went on hold when we saw the size of the tariffs and we are essentially all inflation forecast for the united states went up materially as a consequence of the tariffs. so we didn't overreact. in fact, we didn't react at all. we are simpler taking some time. as long as the u.s. economy is in solid shape, we think the prudent thing to do is to wait and learn more and see what those effects might be and, again, they haven't really shown up, for now we are waiting. mr. secretary powell hates the tariffs. the best approach to be prudent and patient. your reaction tonight? >> well, laura, can i tell you that the overall fed board has

had two reactions to the tariffs. and it's a little bewildering to me why this wouldn't have pushed them more toward the cut or put them on hold. the fed publishes something called the summary of economic projections. they raise their inflation forecast. my hunch is that is going to be wrong. but they lowered their growth forecast. so if you are lowering growth forecast, then why wouldn't you. we saw. i'm just basing fed behavior on past behavior. and we got a 50 basis point cut last september. inflation was higher and core inflation was much higher. so, i don't know. i guess this tariff redangerment syndrome happens even over at the fed. >> laura: a different type of tds. the president was asked about the fed chair and his fox news

contributor. this is what he said. >> did you intend to announce your pick for successor to jay powell earlier than, say or as early assay this summer or fall? >> will i do something about who it is going to be? >> yes. >> anybody would be better than jay powell. he keeps the rate way up. and i think it's trump derangement syndrome personally. >> laura: he said it's trump derangement syndrome. it seems like the old financial establishment, mr. secretary, they all pretty much despise tariffs. they have to admit the tariffs have not stoked inflation. prominent economists have noted that. they noted that trump has gotten one over these what they said on everybody. it's just common sense. again, is this a political move or is this truly based in solid and sound economics that we see from the fed chair?

>> well, laura, let's just look at what the market is saying. the market had the fastest recovery from a 15-% decline in history, after the bottom shortly after liberation day. there was a complete panic by, as you said, the financial establishment. anyone who sold then got left out. we had this tremendous rally. s and p, dow are doing-nasdaq are doing well on the year. and the bond market, which everyone says should panicked over inflation or the tariffs, that the 10-year bond had the best return that it's had in five years. so bond market is doing well. stock market is doing well. you know, i will take the market based indicators, over the so-called experts all the time. that's how i made my 35 year career listening to the market. >> laura: do you think powell

will lower rates by the fall as it looks like goldman sachs is even beginning to recommend? from their latest recommendations? >> look. i think if the criteria is that tariffs were not inflationary, if they are going to follow that criteria, i think that they could do it sooner than then, but certainly, by september, but, again, i don't agree their criteria. but, if you are following that criteria, sure. why not the fall? >> laura: all right. mr. secretary, have a wonderful independence day. thank you very much. and, coming up, alligator alcatraz officially opening and snapping. stephen miller joins us with a look inside. ♪

surrounded why thousands'6" feet of barbed wire. the facility can accommodate as many as 3,000 illegals.

nice bunk beds. now, contrary to liberal complaints, there are medical facilities and other equipment there as well. and the first group of new residents is expected to arrive tomorrow. >> the alligator alcatraz, the idea that my analogy snake. >> i guess that's the concept. this is not a nice business. i guess that's the the concept. if you snakes are fast. alligators teach them how to run away from an alligator. okay? if they escape prison. how to run away. don't run in a straight line. run like this and you know what? your chances go up about 1%. okay? not a good thing. here to discuss this is stephen miller white house chief of staff for policy. good to see you tonight. why is the facility need americans watching. this i love it. why is it needed?

and will you ask other states to follow suit with a similar type of facility even if you don't have alligators? the first important reason thanks to president trump's massive increase in ice arrests nationwide, all of the ice beds have been filled up. so, we need to begin contracting immediately to expand the number of ice beds. and this partnership with the state of florida, florida using a law known as 287 g that allows state and local law enforcement deputized by the secretary of homeland security to conduct immigration functions. >> this is a state facility that is supported by dhs that allows to us significantly expand our bed space. so the offer is we want to go every republican state, now, of course in the same country democrats would do it too but they love the illegals, they hate the americans. we want every governor of a red state and if you are watching tonight, pick up the phone, call

dhs work with us to build facilities in your state so we can get the illegals and criminals out. also very important, laura, we need congress to pass the big, beautiful bill which contains the funding that ice desperately needs to carry out the mass deportation agenda we reach out to other states. open up to helping. alaska says we don't have alligators but we have lots of bears however they are not aware of any plans for alaska version. i said bear alcatraz. so, stephen, there is good news there not everybody is happy about this, however. democrats state reps in florida are going crazy about this, watch. >> disgusting. what is happening in the florida every grades is political theater. you are dehumanizing. cruel. that is not enforcement. that's bullying.

>> laura: not enforcement, bullying, disgusting and dehumanizing, stephen? >> well, first of all, another answer to your question is -- there have been repeated multiple attempts by violent criminal aliens and cartel thugs. individuals who present a clear and present danger to public safety. under president trump's leadership, we are targeting 8 foreign terrorist organizations including six mexican drug cartels. that threaten the foreign -- that threaten the foreign policy, the public safety, the national security of the united states. these are dangerous ruthless organizations. a facility like this ensures the security of the officers who work there be sures the security of the public, les there be an attempted jail break. we are deej with the worst of the worst, the heinous of the most heinous. like you said they still receive a quality of care that is superior to the quality of care provided with american jails for

american citizens in many cases. and here is another very important point. what is dehumanizing is when american citizens are stripped of their rights and their liberties by the invasion of illegal aliens, what is dehumanizing when democrats allow illegal alien rapists into the country to attack our children. that is dehumanizing. what reclaims our humanity when we get monsters off the street and put them where they can't hurt anybody. and when they see the consequences for their conduct, they will begin and they will continue to self-deport and get back home to avoid what president trump is going to deliver. >> laura: stephen, i'm going to ask you what i just ask secretary bessent about elon musk's threat today and yesterday to primary republicans who campaigned for fiscal restraint, yet, voted for the big, beautiful bill. owe is furious for a lot of reasons, but, mostly citing the failure to rein in costs and

spspending. your reaction. >> this is the largest spending cut in american history. think about what is in this bill largest tax cut and reform in american history. largest spending cut in american history. largest welfare reform in american history. the largest reduction in federal spending ever achieved in a single bill and then also includes the most robust comprehensive border security and immigration enforcement package we have ever seen. one that will allow us to deport millions and minister of invaders. to oppose this bill is to support the invasion, to oppose this bill is to support the continued giveaways and freebies to scam artists, to oppose this bill is to support a 68% tax hike on the american public and also to oppose this bill to support deprivation of all of the tax benefits that president trump is fighting to deliver to the middle class, like no tax on tips, no tax on social security. no tax on overtime. the senate passed this bill just

today demonstrating they're fighting for president trump. agenda they are not going to listen to an outside voice that does not represent the interest of the american people or the interest of the pluck party. the house is going to rally president trump to pass this bill for america all right, seasons as always thank you very much. have a wonderful independence day. coming up, new yorkers, guess what? kiss your house goodbye if zohran mamdani becomes the next mayor. ♪

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he. to operate the grocery stores. the department stores, what about the people that are there? i think it's crazy. >> laura: trump added that if he interferes with ice operations, mr. mamdani, he said, and i quote well then we will have to arrest him well it's not just grocery stores that mamdani wants the government to control but also housing. >> we can establish community land trusts to gradual buy up housing on the private market and convert to community ownership and commit to a new era of social housing. ending luxury housing developments and use you are our wealth to build high quality housing projects that offer good homes and strong communities to everyone. blur lawyer i love the cartoon aspect of all of this. it's all cartoonish. here to weigh in mollie hemingway the federalist editor and chief and jason chaffetz author of new book they are coming for you. both are fox news contributors. mollie, what would these community land trusts do to the

city and i know you love the cartoon illustration as well. >> well, it's just fascinating to see him talking on video about his plans for socializing grocery stores or housing we have experiences in the world complete and utter disaster also auto problem for democrats. transing of children or other extreme policies. party. they openly call for the end of capitalism. he is poised to become mayor of a city most associated with capitalism the crown will juliel capitalism. it's a disaster in the waiting if people go down this path. >> laura: well, jason, we asked this question also a night didn't get much of an answer from people. wall street, the home of the financial marks, new york city, and the man is basically declared war on capitalism, which is really nothing new

coming from the far socialist left. when they are they going to rally. exodus already there it's apparent. i look at what you asked mollie, i'm a white male who has got a little bit of jewish heritage in my background inth is no room in the city what about bodega owner illegal immigrant his shop i like to go on 47th street. there is no room for that person. he wants total control. >> is he a marxist. i think you are right. wall street is going to move with their feet. the taxes are going to be exorbitant. the average person isn't going to be able to afford things. root beer in all the drinking fountains. everything will be free. look at how i eat my burrito with my fingers and trust me, i mean, he is in this fancy package with a bright smile, but that is not going to fix this problems of new york city he is

anti-cop. antipolice. >> no, for sure. and mollie, the hard thing i think for the democrats is they're dr. frankenstein. they created the monster, allowed anti-americanism and anti-semitism effect their party they got some votes from it i'm sure. now it's coming to their party, i think. other than just completely disavowing these policy positions which they're going to have to do, what else can they do here i guess. >> democrats are freaking out about this in part because they know they are already being views as the party of hate and anti-semitism and economic ideas. this guy so prominent the figure head is very bad for them. also the natural result of what their party has been doing in cities and states across the country for decades we have dealt with mismanagement in cities and states. a lot of his ideas are very

radical but still the natural end of what we have been subjected to in los angeles, chicago, new york for a long time now. >> laura: jason, really quickly will they try to biden him push him out of the way. >> come on you come up with andrew cuomo the guy to run? you couldn't come up with somebody better than that? the party is so upside down and lost. they are being eaten up by the radical left. >> laura: trump keeps winning and they just grow in their own bitterness. mollie and jason thanks so much. have a great forth. coming up an elite school accused of expelling jewish kids for blowing the whistle on anti-semitism. the very disturbing details are next. ♪

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>> laura: a prestigious virginia school is under investigation by the states attorney general following allegations that it expelled students who complained about anti-semitism. now, parents of three children at the school are suing claiming their 11-year-old daughter was harassed and bullied because she is jewish. and that the school not only didn't punish this, it embraced it. the saga started with an octobes project on strong historical

leaders. the class was asked to create something of a composite drawing of such leaders. well, look at closely at this drawing. you notice something. look closely. the main character adolf hitler. yeah. so, people duke in this is a project celebrating hitler as a strong historical leader. now, the parents also say classmates put pro-palestinian stickers on school laptops and lockers and called jews baby killers that deserve to die because of what is happening in gaza. and then when a palestinian flag was hung in the gym, the parents say the harassment got worse, classmates cited the flag as evidence that everyone hates jews. the parents say they went to the headmaster, kenneth my smith multiple times about the incident tell them to tell their

daughter to toughen up. two days later the daughter and two other children were expelled. here to react is jason mizer. mr. attorney general thank you for joining us you probably can't tell us everybody everybody this story seems almost too disturbing to be true. >> well, this is an example, again, this is a complaint that's been alleged against the school filed with our office civil rights in the attorney general's office in virginia. our antidiscrimination law in virginia, the virginia human rights act and so what's been alleged is beyond disturbing. and i want to something to focus on these are # 1-year-old students. students preteens are seeing the level of harassment tragically that we are seeing allegedly but what we're seeing nationally is the level of harassment we are seeing of jewish students on our college campuses is now trickling down to k through 12.

in this case an 11-year-old. in this case a child told by the school headmaster they just need to toughen up their child, being called a baby killer that deserves to die. if what's alleged in here, this is true, that absolutely meets that definition of a violation of the virginia human rights act. >> and what would then happen if these allegations were determined to be most likely true? what follows for the school? >> well, there is obviously a civil suit that's been filed by the parents of the student. this is very similar where you see at the federal level where usually once there is a finding there is a settlement, a negotiated settlement with the school where the conduct has to be reversed. that is the key point. we want everywhere student in virginia, not to be looking over their shoulder in fear. the idea that in any place in virginia, where they are either on a college campus or k through 12 that you have a jewish student that feels they are either being harassed, they are

incapable of really completing their studies because they are being specifically targeted. our job is to make sure that these schools are told to stop it and end it. now, i want to be clear. virginia is not new york. we have a fantastic governor, governor youngkin, we knew from day one we saw those images of what happened at columbia, we said that's not going to happen in virginia woe have a very very different governor and attorney general of what have you in some of these other states. we wanting to protect our students. we have no tolerance for any school, whether it's a college campus or k through 12 that is specifically targeting its jewish students and making sure they feel unsafe. our job is to make them feel safe. >> laura: all right. our producer spoke, mr. attorney general, with mr. nysmith on the phone and when she asked about this alleged bullying, he asked her to stop using that word. he said the kids were making,quote: unkind comments. mr. attorney general, you know, to play devil's advocate here, kids say all sorts of things,

right? kids are always bullying other kids on pretty much every issue. so, could that be all that this is here and, if that's the case, is this not much ado about nothing but this is as they might say just a bunch of rude children? this is first amendment jurisprudence as you know, laura, when that turns into action and conduct that impede your civil rights, your ability to get a quality education, then you are getting into the whole different area of both educational rights that you have as a student not to be harassed or targeted solely because of ethnic background. i want to be clear, if you take away whether the student was jewish. if there were any other ethnic or racial category. if they were dealing with this. the media would immediately recognize this is unacceptable and this headmaster definitely that's allegedly what they said, would not say these are just -- they just need to toughen up. the reality is they are impeding

on this student's civil rights by their ability to get a quality education. >> laura: mr. attorney general, as always, thank you very much for joining us. coming up. the trump administration scores another win. this time for women's sports. education secretary linda mcmahon and riley gaines, they join us, next.can' ♪ t buy this. woah, woah. your empower investment accounts are designed for the long haul. so... get good at money. so you can be a little bad. empower.

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>> over the last half of the pool nobody touched leah thomas who will finish at 4:37:32. leah thomas, ivy league champion in the 500 free. >> laura: we're not going to hear anything like that coming again from the university of pennsylvania any time soon. a big announcement. from education secretary linda mcmahon on this who joins us now along with riley guns, the former ncaa swimmer. she obviously previously contributed against thomas, the transswimmer. madam secretary, tell the viewers of the ingram an what

the big news is. >> this was an incredible day. thanks for having us on so we can talk about it. thanks to president trump and the trump administration, what he campaigned on, what he actually signed an executive order on, which was that men will not be able to compete in women's sports, was acknowledged by the university of pennsylvania. we've signed an agreement, and we hope that agreement will be a template for other universities who acknowledge there is no room for men in women's sports. not only during the competition but also in the locker room, and other intimate spaces where these women were required to be with males, who changed in front of them. so this is a big deal. the university is apologizing. it is taking away the titles that were incorrectly given to men. it's stated it will not have anything on its website other than the fact that they are complying with title nine. we're just very pleased with the

outcome that we had today. it's an utter triumph for president trump and for the administration but mostly for the women and girls who will come behind the paula -- and ot they have really laid the groundwork for them to be successful and the star of the hour really is riley and i know she's on for you to ask about that. >> laura: now, riley, you have been a champion on this issue. you received an enormous amount of flack and criticism, some of it really vicious over the years. but you knew you were right and president trump and secretary mcmahon helped along the way. without them this would not have happened obviously. your reaction tonight, historic news from you? >> i watched that video back, laura, that you showed in the intro to this segment, and i can't even believe that happened. all the while, so many sat idly by and watched and actually

reprimanded us as women if we even dared to speak about this. to say, of course, i'm grateful for secretary mcmahon, for president trump, for even attorney general bonddi, she's been fantastic at the department of justice on this issue is an understatement. i feel vindicated. i feel like pigs are flying and hell has frozen over so it's a fantastic day, of course, for sanity, for common sense but i think more broadly for women, for humanity, for the little girl that that's growing inside of me right now that i will welcome into the world in just a few weeks. i think of her and her future. that's whaand, of course, secretary mcmahon and myself, that's what we're fighting for. so very, very excited about today's news. >> laura: that's right i forgot, riley that you're about to have a baby. this is like great news all around, great news, i love days like this. secretary mcmahon, this is a victore athlete, i can't

imagine having to compete against biological men in field hockey, softball, as a young girl in high school. it would have been impossible. a lot of young women suffered through this, having to put their championships on hold or their medals on hold and we aren't going to forget them either. >> definitely not. patently unfair and when you started by saying, laura, it flies in the face of common sense. it absolutely does. i mean, how can these young women be denied their opportunity for scholarships. for medals. and just, they have to be able to enter into these sports and to feel safe. payton mcnabb got a volleyball smashed against her face, broke her nose. shn injury from it and we have other athletes, stephani turner who took a knee instead of competing in a fencing competition because she didn't want to face a man. this is just unfair.

i think we've righted a wrong and i hope this agreement that we've come to at the university of pennsylvania will be a template. >> laura: it better. >> so they can get in line and make things right for our women and girls going into these sports. >> laura: now, both of you, i want to congratulate both of you. thank you for everything that you have done for women in sports. more good news, riley gains act has officially gone into effect in georgia so congratulations, riley, for that. both of you have a wonderful, this will be an especially wonderful holiday weekend, independence day. thanks to both of you. jesse watters is next. ♪ >> jesse: good evening and welcome to a special edition of for jesse. president trump took a trip down to florida to get a little behind-the-scenes look at alligator